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Problem

ConcurrentMerkleTree writes changelog entries into the account buffer via CyclicBoundedVec::push, which does a ptr::write of a ChangelogEntry built on the stack. Two regions of that struct have no defined value on the stack and were copied verbatim into the account:

  • the 32 value bytes of every None node in ChangelogPath (Option<[u8; 32]> only defines the tag byte for None), and
  • the repr(C) padding between path (33 * HEIGHT bytes, align 1) and index: u64 (2 bytes at height 22, 6 bytes at height 26).

Account bytes therefore depended on runtime stack contents, which is the source of the ok/ok divergence observed when toggling the virtual address space feature (see the mollusk-vas-repro).

Fix

All three changelog pushes (init, update_leaf_in_tree, append_batch) go through a new private push_changelog_entry, which zeroes the slot and then writes only index and the Some nodes. None nodes and the padding stay zero.

No type, layout, or public API change. Existing accounts remain readable; the only observable difference is that previously undefined bytes are now zero.

A const assertion pins the Option<[u8; 32]> size the helper relies on.

Tests

  • test_changelog_layout: node is 33 bytes with tag 0/1 at byte 0; ChangelogEntry sizes and index offsets for heights 22/26/32/40 (736/872/1064/1328).
  • test_changelog_bytes_are_defined: 0xFF-prefilled buffer, init + append_batch at height 10 (6 padding bytes); asserts every node is tag == 1 or all-zero and the padding is zero.

Verified: cargo test -p light-concurrent-merkle-tree, clippy -D warnings, cargo check of light-test-utils / account-compression / light-indexed-merkle-tree / forester, and cargo build-sbf of account-compression.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved reliability of changelog records during tree initialization, updates, and batch operations.
    • Ensured consistent serialized data and memory layouts for Merkle tree and hash set storage.
    • Improved hash set initialization, insertion, and buffer-size validation, including clearer handling of reserved storage.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for deterministic serialization, complete byte initialization, storage sizing, field placement, and state transitions across supported data structures.

CyclicBoundedVec::push copies a ChangelogEntry with ptr::write from a
stack value. That copies the undefined value bytes of None nodes and the
repr(C) padding between path and index verbatim, so account bytes
depended on runtime stack contents.

Route all changelog pushes through push_changelog_entry, which zeroes
the slot and then writes only the index and the Some nodes. Types and
on-chain layout are unchanged.

Add tests for the layout the tree relies on (33-byte nodes, entry sizes
and index offsets for heights 22/26/32/40) and an end-to-end check that
no undefined bytes reach a 0xFF-prefilled buffer.
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The change pins serialized memory layouts and defines written bytes for concurrent Merkle tree changelogs, hash set buckets, and indexed Merkle tree changelog entries. Tests validate sizes, offsets, tags, padding, initialization, state transitions, and buffer-size handling.

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Serialized layout and initialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Concurrent changelog initialization
program-libs/concurrent-merkle-tree/src/changelog.rs, program-libs/concurrent-merkle-tree/src/lib.rs, program-libs/concurrent-merkle-tree/tests/tests.rs
The code asserts changelog option sizes and zero-initializes slots before copying defined fields. Initialization, leaf updates, and batch appends use the helper. Tests verify tags, offsets, payloads, and padding.
Hash set bucket layout and initialization
program-libs/hash-set/src/lib.rs, program-libs/hash-set/src/zero_copy.rs, program-libs/hash-set/tests/defined_bytes.rs
The code pins Option<HashSetCell> layout, writes buckets through explicit raw fields, centralizes bucket sizing and offsets, and validates complete zero-copy buffers. Tests verify deterministic bytes, bucket transitions, and undersized-buffer errors.
Indexed changelog layout verification
program-libs/indexed-merkle-tree/src/changelog.rs, program-libs/indexed-merkle-tree/tests/defined_bytes.rs
The code asserts the deployed sizes, alignments, and field offsets for indexed changelog structures. Tests compare zero-copy update bytes with the expected 600-byte representation across prefilled buffers.

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The PR makes changelog bytes deterministic without changing account layouts or public APIs. It is mergeable with owner awareness that a layout test still appears to inspect potentially uninitialized bytes through transmute, a bounded test-only correctness concern that should be cleaned up.

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In `@program-libs/concurrent-merkle-tree/tests/tests.rs`:
- Around line 3563-3565: Remove the unsafe none_bytes transmute and its tag
assertion from the test near test_changelog_bytes_are_defined; rely on that
existing test to validate the stored None encoding, including the zero tag and
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Comment thread program-libs/concurrent-merkle-tree/tests/tests.rs Outdated
Transmuting None::<[u8; 32]> to [u8; 33] reads uninitialized payload
bytes, which is undefined behavior even if only the tag is asserted.
HashSet wrote `None` and `Some(HashSetCell { sequence_number: None, .. })`
with `ptr::write` / assignment, which leaves the unused enum payload bytes
undefined. In v1 queue accounts those bytes came from the stack, so account
data depended on runtime memory contents.

Write buckets through a `repr(C)` `RawHashSetCell` that defines all 48
bytes. Pin the deployed layout (sizes, offsets and niche tag values) with
compile-time assertions, and reject zero-copy buffers that are missing the
reserved 8-byte gap before the buckets instead of reading past the end.

Pin the v1 indexed changelog entry layout the same way.

Extend the mollusk VAS reproducer with local AMT1, AMT2 and BMT1 cases and
document the harness.
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Superseded by #2392, which contains only the program-libs changes, squashed and rebased on main, plus the CI fix for the dead-code error.

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